I Am a 79 and retired, and I've been woodworking for about 22 years. I've lived in Norway since 1971 with a 5 year interlude back in the States.

The first tool I bought was a wood lathe. My inspiration to try turning was a walnut bowl turned by my older brother in school wood shop way back when. The turning hobby led me to purchase a bandsaw which got me interested in general woodworking. I really enjoyed turning, but I started reading FWW magazine and became interested in large rectangular things. I don't regret this, because I learned a lot about woodworking in general. I am mainly doing small projects where I feel more inspired and creative and I also find that kind of work fits better into to my smallish 220 sq. ft. workshop.

I now have a fully equipped shop of machine and hand tools acquired over the years which you can see on my workshop page.

I am very glad to be able have a dialog with other woodworkers through this website.The LJs are a great bunch of guys and gals. I have been a member since 2010 and I have learned a great deal from projects and blogs posted here, but more importantly I have enjoyed the sharing spirit and kindness of my fellow woodworkers and the things they make.

This is one of the two 90% finished horns being made.
Last time the square segments were marked out and cut into wedges according to the pattern.
Now it’s time to mark out for cutting in the scroll saw. This marking was for an earl...

Here is a teaser so you can get an idea of the size of the horns. Keep in mind that there will be trumpet like ends attached to the horns. I will be making these end pieces with plywood rings similar to segmented turnings and turn them on my lath...

After figuring out that I needed about 56 square pieces of 3/4” plywood all cut to different sizes I marked them out on a baltic birch platter. I had some half of full size platters in the right dimension. Unfortunately I didn’t ha...

My son was searching for unusual speakers on the web and he found a nautilus seashell style that he liked similar to this one. Most were molded with some type of plastic. The one shown below was 3D printed except for one which was made of plywood...

I hope LJ will do something about this crook scammer. I receive many emails every day from this guy by using old projects and blogs to disguise his scam operation. This is really irritating and I am even tempted to turn off my email notification f...

Welcome to LumberJocks….It will be a great resource for you and your projects. There are a bunch of great people here willing to help……have fun….Looking forward to your projects and posts….. WARNING: Visiting LumberJocks has proven to be addictive.

-- Todd, Oak Ridge, TN, Hello my name is Todd and I'm a Toolholic, I bought my last tool 10 days, no 4 days, oh heck I bought a tool on the way here! †

Welcome to Lumber Jocks! This is a great place to get – or give – advice about woodworking on the forums and the project posts are a wonderful source of new ideas. I love this site, I hope you will enjoy it too.

thanks you all for the warm welcome and the warning (which is already too late). I won’t be posting anything for awhile as I had to redo my (entire) workshop to accommodate a new sliding miter saw and I’m not quite done yet. I’m just an old guy trying to make up for the lost years when I had to work for a living and didn’t have much time for hobbies. I’m an American expat living in Norway for over 30 years. My shop is pretty small (about 220 sq ft.) considering all the tools crammed into it. Most of my equipment isn’t prof caliber, but when I see some of the work done with just hand tools I really can’t complain. I don’t sell anything so I don’t feel any pressure to be particularly productive. it’s the experimentation and learning curve that motivates me. You could say I’ve gone wide but not deep, which is probably not a good recipe for anyone wanting to master something. I plan to post a picture of my workshop to start with and also plans for shop-made toggle clamps I designed and which are made from scrap plywood and are about the same size, (or as large as you want ) as the ones commercially available. Using a template and your bandsaw or scrollsaw these take about 15min. each to cut out and assemble and they work at least as good as the ones you buy. A lot of the projects on this site are really amazing and I’m looking forward to finding myself in the company of some really knowledgeable and talented people.

Welcome. You have found the right place for woodworking. A great group of people willing to help. Looking forward to see your projects (that come from that new sliding miter saw) and comments. You will find a lot of ‘old guy’s’ here. Work safe in the shop and don’t forget to use pushsticks.

-- "Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; guard it well, for it is your life" Solomon

Welcome to Lumberjocks Stefan. This is a great community of people with like interests.There is much to learn here & you will have the opportunity to share your skills & ideas with others. I hope you enjoy LJ’s as much as I do.

Hi Stefan,
The tubes and the red plastic webs are all part of a jig. The tubes hold all the red pieces in specified distances in an upright position, and each wooden frame of the wings is held in the required vertical and horizontal plane, till the main braces are passed through the frames, glued and cured to form a full wing.Hope I explained it right. Best Regards,Tuanie.